Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2070 - Insidious countermeasures

After dealing with the affairs of the Prison God Temple, Chu Hao had returned to Yuhua Prefecture to reunite with Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

They had intended to continue their journey westward, but such situations had occurred one after another in the areas surrounding Yuhua Prefecture, and the Kingdom of Tianzhu (India) naturally couldn't ignore such events.

The King of Tianzhu ordered the dispatch of a large army to quell the chaos, and all passes were temporarily closed, so Chu Hao and the others were naturally unable to continue on their way.

"Boss, you've now become someone who can compete with the Buddha for faith."

Zhu Bajie couldn't help but say to Chu Hao.

Although the Tathagata Buddha and the Western Paradise (Western Heaven) couldn't compare with the Heavenly Court in terms of administrative power in the Three Realms, as the leaders and sacred grounds of religion, they were worshiped and believed in by countless mortals.

Especially in this Western Continent of Cattle-gift (West Niu He Zhou), almost everyone used to believe in Buddhism, so the Western Paradise had absolute control over the Western Continent of Cattle-gift.

But now that the forces worshiping the Prison God were able to rise in the Western Continent of Cattle-gift, it showed that the influence of Chu Hao, the Prison God, was already able to compete with the Western Paradise.

"This battle for faith will probably cause more suffering to the common people."

Tang Sanzang was somewhat worried about this situation.

Conflicts of faith would inevitably evolve into war, and it was the common people who would suffer in war.

"Brother, what do you think we should do?"

Sun Wukong also asked Chu Hao.

"We won't participate in the wars between mortals; let's wait and see what the Western Paradise's reaction is."

Chu Hao said to Tang Sanzang and the others.

Even those who believed in Buddhism among the mortals were just ordinary people.

They were just deceived by the Western Paradise's propaganda and feigned benevolence; they weren't actually bad people.

Therefore, Chu Hao and the others weren't in a convenient position to participate in the wars between mortals; conflicts of faith would always lead to certain outcomes, and no one could change that.

Chu Hao was concerned about the actions of the Western Paradise. The Western Continent of Cattle-gift was the Western Paradise's territory, and the Kingdom of Tianzhu was their base.

Now that such a situation had occurred, it had threatened the Kingdom of Tianzhu and even made the entire Western Continent of Cattle-gift turbulent.

The Western Paradise would naturally not sit idly by and allow their territory and base to undergo such changes; the Tathagata Buddha and the others would definitely take measures.

"I wonder what kind of vicious methods the Western Paradise will use."

Zhu Bajie muttered to himself while thinking.

Just as Chu Hao had predicted, in the Western Paradise, the Tathagata Buddha was indeed discussing with the core members of the Western Paradise how to deal with the current situation.

The Western Paradise had just suffered a blow, and its manpower and resources seemed insufficient. It also had to rebuild Mount Ling, so it couldn't send many people to maintain the situation.

"Buddha, I have an idea."

As the chief strategist of the Western Paradise, Guanyin (Avalokitesvara) stood up again and said to the Tathagata Buddha.

"Have you thought it through? Don't lift a stone only to drop it on your own feet again."

The Tathagata reminded Guanyin with some dissatisfaction, as Guanyin's plans had never been successful.

"Guanyin, you must think carefully before you speak."

"Your plan should be more comprehensive and shouldn't always坑 (kēng - trick/deceive) our own people."

"I think it's better if you don't say anything."

Manjushri, Samantabhadra, the Eighteen Arhats, and some other big names in the Western Paradise had all been 坑 (kēng - tricked/deceived) by Guanyin's plans, and they all suggested that Guanyin think thrice.

"Even if this plan fails, it won't have any adverse effects on us."

Guanyin assured the Tathagata and the big names of the Western Paradise with great confidence.

"Then you can tell us about it."

Hearing Guanyin say this, the Tathagata Buddha also felt that Guanyin should have made some progress.

"The current chaos in the Western Continent of Cattle-gift is only because Chu Hao saved the people in the Kingdom of Extinguishing Dharma, Phoenix Immortal County, Yuhua Prefecture, and other places, and the people regard him as a savior, so a kind of faith and worship has arisen.

Although this kind of faith seems to be able to compete with our Western Paradise, it is far from being as deeply rooted as our Buddhist faith.

What we have to do is to break this faith and let the people see that even the Prison God Chu Hao can't save them, then they can only rely on our Western Paradise besides human life."

It must be said that this time Guanyin's analysis was very accurate, and the method she proposed was also very sinister and ruthless.

"But how can we achieve this effect?"

And Chu Hao and the others have no way to intervene in this kind of mortal struggle, so they have no way to deal with it.

Once the chaos exceeds the survival limit of the people, the people will stop tossing, because survival is more important to them.

When the time comes, our Western Paradise will stand up, maintain the stable situation in the Western Continent of Cattle-gift, and let the Kingdom of Tianzhu and other large forces withdraw their troops."

Guanyin explained to the Tathagata Buddha in detail.

Her plan, to put it bluntly, was to let the chaos continue, regardless of the life and death of the people, and when there were heavy casualties, the people would be unable to toss, and the Western Paradise would clean up the mess.

"This method is quite good."

The Tathagata Buddha couldn't help but praise Guanyin.

This time, Guanyin's method seemed to be very clever, and even if something really went wrong, the Western Paradise couldn't be blamed.

"What if the chaotic situation doesn't reach that level?"

Of course, some people also raised questions and asked Guanyin.

"Don't forget, the entire Western Continent of Cattle-gift is our territory. Perhaps maintaining stability is more difficult, but creating chaos is very easy."

Guanyin said with a sinister smile.

"Leave this matter to you."

The Tathagata Buddha said to Guanyin, handing over the handling of this matter to Guanyin.

Around Yuhua Prefecture, the army of the Kingdom of Tianzhu had begun to suppress the chaos, but the effect was obviously not great.

Currently, the Kingdom of Extinguishing Dharma, Phoenix Immortal County, and Yuhua Prefecture had formed a small circle, possessing a certain strength.

Although the army of the Kingdom of Tianzhu numbered in the hundreds of thousands, it was unable to capture Yuhua Prefecture. With Yuhua Prefecture as a barrier, it was equivalent to protecting the surrounding prefectures, counties, and states.

General Xiong Hai, who led the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Kingdom of Tianzhu, felt very headache.

"General, it seems that the only way to quell the chaos at present is to directly attack the city and kill those rebellious people who believe in the Prison God."

The staff officer under his command suggested to General Xiong Hai, as this was the fastest and most effective method.

"No, if we order the army to massacre, even if we can quell the chaos, we will force a large number of people into the enemy's camp.

For our Kingdom of Tianzhu, although this kind of chaos can still be suppressed, the alliance of Yuhua Prefecture and other places that oppose the Kingdom of Tianzhu is our real trouble."

General Xiong Hai was still a sensible person and didn't want to order the city to be attacked and the people to be killed.